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Tru (play)
1989 play by Jay Presson Allen
Tru is a 1989 play by Jay Presson Allen, adapted from the words and works of Truman Capote.
Background
[edit]Adapted from the words and works of Truman Capote, Tru is set in the writer's New York City apartment at 870 United Nations Plaza the week before Christmas 1975.
An excerpt from Capote's infamous unfinished roman à clef, Answered Prayers, recently has been published in Esquire. Having recognized thinly veiled versions of themselves, Manhattansocialites such as Babe Paley and Slim Keith turn their backs on the man they once considered a close confidant.
Alone and lonely, Capote — soothing himself with pills, vodka, cocaine, and chocolate truffles — muses about his checkered life and career in what is essentially a two-act monodrama.
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Production
[edit]After 11 previews, the Broadway production of Tru, directed by Allen, opened on December 14, 1989 at the Booth Theatre, where it ran for 297 performances. Robert Morse starred as Truman Capote.
Before Morse was cast as Capote, Tim Curry was offered and declined t
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